PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Damo Burns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jay Deleon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Burns comes to the ring accompanied by acdc-highway to hell. Damo Burns has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Burns
vs
Deleon

150 cm
18
130 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

170 cm
19
144 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Damo Burns!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jay Deleon!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Viktor Lagutenko and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burns shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Deleon as he jumps to the side.
Burns throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Deleon is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Burns's half guard.
Burns on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Burns tries to get out of the position.
Burns is trying to control but can't.
Deleon prevents Burns from improving his position.
Deleon is trying to control. Burns wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Burns could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Deleon is taking a breather. Burns says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Jay Deleon wasn't active enough on the ground.

Burns scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Burns sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Deleon defending well though.
Deleon tries to kick Burns off but Burns keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Burns thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Deleon to regain full guard.
Burns might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Burns wants to control from the top but Deleon keeps moving.
Burns throws and elbow that misses. Deleon uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Burns's guard. Nice move by Deleon!
Deleon pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Burns is keeping the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Deleon wants to control from the top but Burns keeps moving.
Burns controls Deleon momentarily but Deleon frees himself.
Deleon not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Damo Burns has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Deleon with a lazy takedown attempt
and Burns counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Burns looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Burns pushes Deleon up against the ropes in a clinch.
Deleon has Burns pressed up against the ropes and is working for takedown. Burns manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Nice elbow from Deleon.

Deleon breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Deleon tries to clinch

and Burns counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Deleon!
Burns unloads with some shots from mount but Deleon bucks and avoids them well.
Deleon is trying to get to the ropes to help him get back to his feet.
Burns looking to finish with strikes here!
Deleon wants to get back to his feet.
BOOM! Burns connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Deleon wants to use the ropes to get back to his feet here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Deleon blocking the ground and pound.
Deleon tries to buck Burns off but he can't manage it.
Burns raining down shots from the mount!
Deleon is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Burns throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Burns lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Deleon hang on?
Deleon taking shots to the head.
Burns unloads with some shots from mount but Deleon bucks and avoids them well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Damo Burns dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Nice takedown defense from Deleon. No joy for Burns on that attempt.
Deleon misses with an uppercut. Burns saw that one coming.
Damo Burns is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Burns pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Deleon walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Burns checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Burns tries to clinch but Deleon moves out of range.
Deleon tries to clinch up.
Deleon shoots and misses

and Burns counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Burns is trying to control. Deleon wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Burns is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Deleon tries to kick Burns off but Burns keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Deleon avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Burns.
Burns stops Deleon from getting back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns trying to control from Deleon's half guard. Deleon has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Burns working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Deleon's head.
Burns throws and elbow that misses. Deleon uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Burns's guard. Nice move by Deleon!
Deleon wants to control from the top but Burns keeps moving.
Burns has a closed guard, preventing Deleon from standing up.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Burns wants to sweep here but Deleon controlling him for the moment.
Deleon looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Deleon trying to control but Burns is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Jay Deleon wasn't active enough on the ground.
Jab from Burns.
Deleon throws a head kick that half lands.
Deleon tries to close the distance and clinch but Burns swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Burns tries to clinch but Deleon moves out of range.
Burns fails with an attempt to clinch.
Deleon misses with a wild body shot.
Deleon closes the distance looking to clinch
and Burns cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nice jab there from Deleon.
Deleon closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Deleon darts in trying to clinch

and Burns decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Deleon's guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Burns throws a strike but Deleon rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Deleon is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Burns not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Deleon forces his way into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Jay Deleon will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Burns wants to clinch.
Burns avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Burns throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Deleon has his takedown stuffed

and Burns counters with a nice double leg into side control. Deleon won't be happy with that.

Deleon throws Burns to one side and escapes!

Burns gets the takedown into side control.

Burns swings around for an armbar but Deleon sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Burns's guard.
Deleon controls from within his opponent's guard.
Burns seems keen to control Deleon's posture.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Deleon trying to control the position from guard on top but Burns is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Damo Burns just wasn't active enough.
Burns stuffs the takedown attempt from Deleon. Deleon gets slowly back to his feet.
Deleon doesn't manage to clinch there - Burns circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

Burns looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Burns thows a huge punch but Deleon dodges it nicely.

Deleon kicks Burns off and gets back to his feet.
Deleon doesn't manage to clinch there - Burns circles away.
Burns keeps the fight on the outside.
Jab by Deleon.
Burns swinging wildly here.
Deleon tries to clinch but Burns moves out of range.
Deleon darts in trying to clinch

and Burns counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
It looks like Burns is going to stand back up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Burns missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Deleon's head.
Deleon tries to kick Burns off but Burns keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Burns is just content to waste time from the top position. Deleon takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Burns prevents Deleon from getting back to his feet.
Burns in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Deleon wants to get back to his feet but Burns is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Deleon working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Burns.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Burns wants to get up but he can't break Deleon's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Burns won't allow Deleon to get back to his feet.
Burns wants to control from the top but Deleon keeps moving.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Damo Burns just wasn't active enough.
Deleon tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Deleon. Burns shrugs it off though.
Deleon fails with an attempt to clinch.
Deleon fails with an attempt to clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Deleon tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Deleon tries to close the distance and clinch up but Burns swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Deleon displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Deleon fails with an attempt to clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Damo Burns showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Burns has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Damo Burns!